The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-15
Another Dish Of Nonsense.

Our friend of the Colfsx CHRoNrCLE
takes us to task in regard to our article
"a White Mans Government or None"
The CHRONICLE man is well known as a
good arguer and therefore starts at the
wrong end OF the question.
Our article aimed to show the danger
OF unifying or mixing our government;
and as an exemplfication of the danger
to result therefrom, we stated that it
would be an Acknowledgements OF having
erred in the past, and that il would force
us to re-establish state of things which
the people Of the State had established.
No sane man would impugn the record
Of Gen. Nichols, either as military man,
or as man of honor, ar as man of fixed
and strong opinions; but all that would
not prevent Gen. Nichols from having
opinions which might clash with the
positive and incorporating principle
that our government must be solidly
white and unmixed.
That Gen. Nichols did lean towards
the opinion of granting to the colored
race certain representation, is an &C
knowledged fact, as well as that he ia
vored their appointment to Office. It is
also notorious fact that during the last
Congressional campaign. he canvassed his
district against the Democratic nominee.
Now those are matters of opinion and
have nothing to do with the status of the
person. However "a the nomination by
the convention is virtually equal to an
election, all the people demand is this
IL Gen. Nichols is nominated will he
give the colored race representation in
his government? Does Gen. Nichols
believe that unified or mixed govern
ment would be advantageous to the
State? There the question ends-for
that is the only reform he could under
take to engraft in our government, as all
the rest has been earned on in such
thorough, democratic manner, with such
earnestness and honesty. that naught can
nor will be found to bear the least criticism
As regards the 14th of September, we
do Gen. Nichols honor, and also to each
man who with musket to shoulder, served
his State 90 we'll; but Gen. Nichols did
neither more nor less than the commonest
private in the ranks. However with the
shadows OF the 14th of September two
figures rise: One. Gen. Ogden, the pure
and the brave; he, it was who unbared
his breast and who led to the assault the
phalanxes of Louisiana. The other, John
Boylan, the detective; the city was taken
but the metropolitans were still organized.
When that night came, the whole city
was patrplled by Thos. Boylan's police.
The time for q nominating convention
had arrived. Where was Nichols ? Og-
den, the man of the 18th of September,
the man who with his trusty bayonets
had inaugurated Nichols was placed in
nomination. Where was Nichols I?
However we leave to the convention 10
dictate who shall be eur standard bearer.
Our choice is McEnery, for the reason
that we favor no change at present and
that he has proven himself q good officer
We sincerely believe that for good pru-
Dental reasons, the whole line of State
officers should be continued for four
years longer; and TO that end We intend
to labor by endorsing McEnery.-Louis-
lana Democrat.
Because our Alexandria friend
has got himself tail end foremost,
he imagines that we are in the
same predicament. His aim ito
show the danger of unifying or
mixing our government" is all
nonsense for the very reason that
no such thing has been, nor is to
be, attempted in this State. The
fact that Gen. Nichols carried out
certain pledges made to Republi-
cans in the struggle of 1877, does
not warrant the statement that he
does, or did lean towards. the
opinion of granting to the colored
race certain representation" etc.
It is simply q campaign Islander
and has no existence in reality.
The fact that Democratic Senate
approved all of the appointments
of Gen. Nichols shows conclusive
ly that they met with the endorse
ment of the party, and the Islander
is amply refuted. The incoherent
twaddle about Boylan, the l4th of
September, 1874, Ogden, and the
nominating convention that met
four years ago, is all SO jumbled
together that we cannot tell what
our confrere is driving at It
proves conclusively that he has
things so badly mixed that he don't
know which end of the argument
he has q hold upon. He attempts
by innuendo to cast odium upon
Gen. Nichols, but in stating his
case, through sheer lack Of in
formation as to facts, has got him
self so badly wound up that q
Philadelphia lawyer could not un-
ravel the tangle. Post yourself q